Tool



R. FAGAN.

TOOL.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 3, 1920.

1,39@ 107, Patenfeaspt. 6, 1921.

un fm ROBERT PAGAN, or Lern/inn MINES, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOOL.

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Speceaticn of Letters Patent.

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Application led February 3, 1920. Serial No. 356,092.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Ronnr FAGAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Latimer Mines, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tools and more particularly to tools used in connection with railroad rails, the same being in the nature of an improvement over a similar device secured by United States Letters Patent #251,563 granted to me on the 27th day of December 1881. Y

As illustrated and described in my prior patent, the key was employed as a means for tightening the lever against the rail when positioning the device thereon, and any lost motion due to the wear on the key was necessarily taken up by the screw and before Vthe bending operation could be started. Y

lt is -therefore one of the principal objects of this improvement toprovide means arranged at the free end of the weight arm of the lever which will take up any lost motion resulting from the wear on the key, thereby simplifying and facilitating the bending operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tool of the character described which is simple, effective and durable; which has a wide range of adjustment; and which permits of the bending of the rail in any one of four directions at any point throughout its length up to and within close proximity to its ends.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool of the class described, so constructed as to permit of the same being utilized as a means for clamping adrill or other tool to the rail, the features of said device providing means for advancing the tool against the work while the same is in operation.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will be more readily apparent hereafter, reference is made to the following description, claims and accompanying drawings forming a part of this application.

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevationof the tool in its applied position to a rail for bending the same.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tool removed.

F ig. 3 is a sectional view onthe line 3-3 of F ig. l.

`F ig. l is a similar view on the line 4 4: of Fig. 1 illustrating the tool utilized as a means for clamping a drill in position.

While the device is particularly designed and is hereafter described as a tool for use in connection with railroad rails, no limitation to such a use is necessarily intended, it

being understood that the same is merely illustrative of one of its many adaptations.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference which denote like parts throughout the several views thereof, 10 designates a lever having formed on its opposite side facesalined bosses 11. A transverse opening 12 extends through the lever and the bosses to receive a bolt V13, from which a bail-like member is pivot-ally supported. rlhe bail-like member preferably includes a pair of parallel arms 14 mounted on the bolt and disposed on opposite sides ofthe lever, said arms being respectively confined between the head and nut l5 and 16 and the bosses 11. The bight of the baillike member is formed by aitransverse wedge shaped key 17, ladapted to bereceived by the elongated slots 18 provided in the side arms 14; The opposite extremities of the lever 10 are provided with threaded bores 2O and 21, the latter being adapted to receive a jack-screw 22 having a reduced neck 23 at its upper end and an enlarged head having angular faces 24. Use is made of a wrench 25 for manipulating the jack-screw and said wrench includes an embracing head with angularly disposed faces 26 adapted to coact with the angular faces 24 for feeding the jack-screw through the bore 21. In order to provide means for permanently associating the wrench with the tool to prevent loss or misplacing of the same, a slotted extension 27 constituting a link is formed thereon and the slotted portion of the said link is received by the reduced neck of the j ackscrew. The bore 2O formed at the extremity of the weight arm is adapted to receive a threaded member 28 having an angularly faced head29 for the reception of a wrench to effect vertical adjustments of said member with respect to the lever.

ln use of the device as a tool for bending a rail, shields or guard members 30 are employed and arranged "on the rail to support the extremities of the jack-screw 22 and the threaded member 28, the lever 10 being disposed longitudinally on the railin superposed relation with respect thereto with the side arms 111-14 of the bail disposed at opposite sides of the rail. The key 17 is inserted in the slots 18 and the threaded member 28 advanced against the head of the rail to impinge the key 17 against the base thereof. By engaging the angular faces of the wrench-head with the angularfaces 24; of the jack-screw and turning the wrench handle in the proper direction, bending of the portion of the rail disposed between the threaded member 28 and the key 17 will be eifected. From the construction set forth it will be appreciated that the rail may be bent in four directions, namely right or left, for switches or sidings, or up or down to produce an apex or sag for the top or foot of grades. 4It will be further noted that by constructing the bail-like member with a removable bight in the form of a key 17, the tool may be applied to a rail without removing the same from the ties.

In the use of the device illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the threaded mem- Y ber 28 is removed and a threaded bushing 31 substituted therefor, thebore of said bushing receiving the drill shaft 32, the lower extremity of which is formed with a drill head 33. A transverse pin 34 is passed through the drill shaft adjacent thefupper end of said bushing, and serves to swivel the same therein. In this use of the tool the jack-screw 23 is adapted to coact with `the guard 30 to advance the drill bit 35 into active engagement with the work while the drill is in operation.

While there has been illustrated and described a preferred form of the invention, the same is merely illustrative of one method of reducing the invention to practice, and it is understood that changes and variations in the structure which fall within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. ln a tool of the character described including a lever having vertically threaded bores in its opposite extremities, a bail pivotally secured to the lever adjacent one eX- tremity thereof, and a jack screw operable in the threaded bore at the opposite extremity thereof, means adapted for interchangeable association with the bore of the irst mentioned extremity to receive elements adapted to co-act with the article to which the tool is applied.

2. The combination with a tool of the character including a lever having vertically threaded bores in its opposite extremities, a bail pivotally secured to the lever adjacent its forwardextremity and a jackscrew operatively associated with the threaded bore in the opposite extremity, of means vertically adjustable in the bore of the first mentioned extremity comprising an exteriorly threaded sleeve adapted to co-act with the internal threads of said bore to obtain said adjustments and to provide a mounting for rotary tool Shanks.

RoBER'r FAGAN. 

